The Prime Minister's speech shows Abbott needs a bit of the old Tony back

By John Warhurst
Updated April 23 2018 - 8:11pm, first published August 21 2014 - 12:00am

Hearing the Prime Minister speaking about “no terrorism tourism on the taxpayer” last week when he was announcing new controls over welfare payments to Australians overseas convinced me that my topic this week had to be the Prime Minister’s speech. He’s not fighting stuttering, like George VI in The King’s Speech, but he does have a delivery problem.

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